All Music

Bach, J. S.

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
ca.
1868-1915

For orchestra. The manuscripts for this composition are in Adolph M. Foerster’s hand.

Ballad I

Artist (Composed By): 
Rivers, Sam (Carthorne)

Beautiful Child of Song

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1860

Daughaday & Hammond entered Stephen C. Foster’s “Beautiful Child of Song” for copyright on August 25, 1860, and they deposited it for copyright on October 6, 1860. The song was originally published in Clark’s School Visitor in October 1860. A London edition published by C. Sheard erroneously claims that the lyrics were written by Rev. Alexander Clark and the music was composed by “F. C.

Beautiful Dreamer

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1864

“Beautiful Dreamer” was submitted for copyright deposit on March 10, 1864, by Wm. A. Pond & Co. of New York. 

The Beautiful Shore

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1863

“The Beautiful Shore” was included in Waters’ Golden Harp for Sunday Schools, which was submitted for copyright depost on April 14, 1863, by Horace Waters. It was later republished in The Athenaeum Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Church and Sunday School (New York: Horace Waters, 1863). The lyrics were by Mrs. O. S. Matteson.

A Bedouin Love Song

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
1920

Manuscript in Adolph M. Foerster’s hand, dated January 19, 1920.

Better Times Are Coming

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1862

There is no record of copyright entry or deposit. The song is number 8 in publisher Horace Waters’s series “Foster’s Melodies,” suggesting it was published between April and June in 1862. The song had been published by June 4 when Waters advertised it in the New York Daily News

Blues

Artist (Composed By): 
Rivers, Sam (Carthorne)

Book of Love, op. 54

Artist (Composed By): 
Foerster, Adolph M. (Martin)
ca.
1868-1923

Book of Love, op. 54, is a song cyle by Adolph M. Foerster. The Adolph M. Foerster Collection includes the manuscripts for two of the songs in Foerster’s hand: No. 4, “Was die Sonne glüht” and No. 6, “Im Walde.”

Bread of Heaven

Artist (Composed By): 
Pace, Charles H. (Henry)
ca.
1941–1945

For SATB choir, soprano soloist, and piano.

The Bright Hills of Glory

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1863

“The Bright Hills of Glory” was published in The Athenaeum Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Church and Sunday School, which was submitted for copyright deposit on December 9, 1863, by Horace Waters.

Mrs. Mary Ann Kidder authored the lyrics.

Bring My Brother Back to Me

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1863

There is no record of copyright entry or deposit. The copyright claims on the title page and page 3 are for 1863. The author of the lyrics was George Cooper.

Bury Me in the Morning, Mother

Artist (Composed By): 
Foster, Stephen C. (Collins)
1863

Although no complete copyright deposit exists in the Library of Congress for “Bury Me in the Morning, Mother” a copy was deposited on January 31, 1863, by Horace Waters of New York. After being released as a single sheet, the song was published in Waters’ Golden Harp for Sunday Schools (New York: Horance Waters, 1863).  It then appeared in The Athenaeum Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Church and Sunday School (New York: Horace Waters, 1863). In 1864 Waters published the song in sheet music format as No. 20 in his “Foster’s Melodies” series.